Prosecutors say Trump has violated the limited gag order in the case.
Former president Donald Trump, center, awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, April 22, 2024, in New York.Lawyers for the Manhattan district attorney, in a hearing Tuesday morning, will attempt to convince the judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal hush money case to hold the former president in contempt for repeatedly violating the
Prosecutors highlighted seven instances this month in which Trump made a social media post mentioning likely witnesses Cohen or Daniels, two instances when his campaign website reposted information about Cohen, and one instance where Trump suggested that "undercover liberal activists" are trying to infiltrate the case's jury.
Trump's lawyers have argued that prosecutors have not proven the posts were willful violations of the gag order, telling Merchan that the former president was defending himself from attacks by the likely witnesses. "If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the 'clink' for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela -- It will be my GREAT HONOR," Trump said in a social media post earlier this month.
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